History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.221
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.221
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Babylon: (see 'Chaldeans', 'signs of Zodiac'). apostrophized as the daughter of Chaldeans 548, intercourse between India (Punjab) and B. from 3rd Millenium B C, 598-600; latitude of 542; peacocks, rice and Indian sandalwood under their Tamil names were known to Hebrew chronicles of Genesis and Kings 598; ratio of longest day to shortest, varied in ancient Babylon, 542-43; reports made by astrologers of B to the king about the portents due to position of Sun, Moon and planets, 521, 548, 741n; upright stones placed in fields with inscriptions bearing curses and figures of zodiacal signs, 595.